The British media is today reporting -- favorably here less so here -- that the leader of the Catholic Church in England and Wales is backing a call by London s mayor for a pathway into citizenship for Britain s 600 000-odd long-term undocumented migrants In reality it should be the other way

A forgotten prelate gets his due

Pope Pius XII’s Contributions ‘Overlooked’ Pope Pius XII and his teachings represent for the church an “exceptional gift for which we must all be grateful,” said Pope Benedict XVI during an audience on Nov. 8 with participants of a congress titled “The Heritage of

'We all inherit a particular window on God and eternity.'

Opportunity Missed As a religion teacher and a head coach at a Jesuit high school (and an amateur athlete myself), I was excited to receive the Oct. 20 issue with the cover photo and headline “The Soul of Sports.” Unfor-tunately, I was disappointed by what I found inside. None of the art

A history of the destruction of books, reviewed

Giving Thanks: 2008, The New Media Presidency

Mary Ann Glendon talks about the art of diplomacy

Georges Rouault's art draws our attention to the spiritual dimension of human experience

The Portugese writer Jos eacute Saramago received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1998 in part for novelistic fables that powerfully critique social institutions and human failings Now 86 years old Saramago has based his latest novel Death With Interruptions on the extraordinary premise that

Why Barack Obama's win made me think of the Magnificat.

Barack Obama's election affords our country a chance to reverse its dismal standing in the world.

The composer Olivier Messiaen sought to communicate the mystery of Christ to nonbelievers.

Don't be misled about the Catholic Campaign for Human Development

As we have seen organizational tool of Mark consists of Jesus meeting his opponents one after the other and answers arguments specific to each of these opponents Jesus had cleansed the Temple a prophetic or messianic gesture only to be challenged by the Sanhedrin who asks by what authority

Ambassador to the Holy See is not like most ambassadorships For starters the First Amendment notwithstanding it is the only position in the U S government that involves formal recognition of religion Ambassadors are not accredited to the Vatican City-State the 103 acres on the west bank of the

AP reports that according to nbsp Cardinal Francis Arinze prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship Pope Benedict XVI is considering moving the sign of Peace from immediately before Communion to earlier in the Mass nbsp The brief story is here nbsp Arinze told the Vatican newspaper

Cambridge MA I have been making entries for In All Things for almost a year now and by my count this is the 25th such contribution I have recently written of dreams or nightmares about elections and accountability in the Church interreligious violence and love I have also tr